The United States, joined by several Arab allies including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, have launched a campaign of airstrikes, bombings, and cruise-missile attacks against Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria. The campaign began at 9:30 pm EST Monday, September 22, 2014. Thus begins the first of many a U.S. military intervention against ISIS in Syria.

F-16s, F-18s, B-1 bombers, and drones are flying missions off of the USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf joined by Tomahawk missiles launched from the USS Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea. They are targeting some 20 - 25 sites, including training camps, weapons depots, and command and control centers.

U.S. airstrikes have been limited to northern Iraq up until now but lawmakers and military advisers have made it clear that military action in Syria would be necessary to take out ISIS where they are based.

The next question is what will Russia's response be as Russian president Vladimir Putin and Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad have both openly threatened the U.S. against any military action in Syria. Will Russia come to Syria's aide? Will the Russian army enter Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Romania in the coming days, in an attempt to retake the Baltic States and more?

With the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), Syria, Iran, North Korea, and others ready to see America fall, countries continually violating international airspace and borders, economic conditions worsening around the globe, and plagues like ebola and the entero-virus, it can only get interesting from here on out. May God have mercy on all of us.